According to The Mirror, Big Brother producers are happy to have him on the show because he has completed his community service and they believe it will give viewers the chance to make up their own minds about whether he has changed.

The TV star spoke out about being made to do a Big Brother-themed episode of The Friday Night Project, back when the show was on Channel 4, describing the special as "one of the worst things that I've ever had to do".

"The BB special, which Channel 4 made us do... I've said it several times and I'll say it again, if I'd had a gun, I would have shot myself in the face," Lee Collins told Digital Spy.

Celebrity Big Brother returns on Thursday, January 3 at 9pm on Channel 5.

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Justin Lee Collins, Patsy Kensit and Alan Carr take part in a Big Brother skit on The Friday Night Project back in 2006.
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